Attachment for automobiles.



A. l. SANDRO. ATTACHMENT FOR AUTOMOBILES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 23, 1915.

Patented Apr. 18, 1916.

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ANTON I. SANDBO, OF ROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS, ASSIG-NOR TO SANDBO STARTER COMPANY, OFROCK ISLAND, ILLINOIS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. i8, 1916.

Application filed February 23, 1915. Serial No. 10,003.

To all lwhom 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, :terror:` I. SANDBO, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rock Island, in the county of Rock Island and State of Illinois, have invented certa-in new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Automobiles; and I do hereby declare the following to .be a full, clear, and

exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which a it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to attachments for automobiles and my vobject is to provide an attachment for the breather or oil inlet.V

pipe to prevent oil from being discharged through said pipe by the rotation of the 'made a part of this application, Figure 1 is l a side elevation of a portion of a crank casing, showing the housing containing the usual form of timing gear, and the manner of attaching my device thereto. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional view through the inlet tube, showing my improved attachment applied thereto. Fig. 3 is a similar view taken at right angles to the view shown in Fig. 2, and Fig. 4l is a transverse sectional view as seen on line 4--4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout' the several views, l indicates a casing, such asis iused for housing the usual or any preferred form of timing gear used in connection with gas' engines, and 2 is an inlet or breather pipe, through which oil is introduced into the casing and as the gears within the casing are rotated very rapidly, the oil is frequently forced outwardly throughthe inlet pipe on `to the fan belt, timing wires and other parts of the motor construction, thus Wasting the oil, as well as injuring the fan belt, and also causing poor ignition through the timing wires. 'To this end therefore, I introduce into the pipe 2a metallic clip 3, 'which is preferably formed from a single strlp of metal and bent upon itself, as best shown 1n Fig. 3 of the drawings, the structure being substantially V-shaped, the edges 'of the two upwardly extending arms -l preferably converging toward their upper ends and said edges are provided with horizontal slits at predetermined intervals throughout the length of the arms, the lower severed edge 5 of each slit being bent outwardly to form wings 6, the taper of the arms 4 being such' that the outward edges of the outwardly bent sections or wings 6 will rest against the wall of the inlet pipe throughout the full length of the arms. By arranging the wings in the manner shown, any oil ascending in the inlet pipe will be caught by said wings and prevented from passing out of the upper end of the pipe, while'A any oil introduced into the upper end of the pipe, will readily pass through the slits formed in the arms and descend into the casing, andthe spring tension of the clip w1ll serve to securely hold the clip in engagement with the walls of the pipe without the use of bolts or other means of se curing the same.

If desired, the clip may be placed in a tube ready to be applied to the breather pipe of the casing and by constructing the casing so that it will snugly fit in the breather pipe opening, it will not require bolts or other devices to hold the same in position, and in view of the length of the tube, will dispose` the opening therein in position for readily receiving the oil.

This device can be very cheaply constructed and quickly applied to use and by constructing the same of metal, it will be indestructible from use.

`What I claim is R 1.` The combination with an oil receiving pipe, of a substantially tl-shaped clip hav` ing wings thereon adapted to prevent oil from ascending through said pipe.

2. The combination with an oil receiving pipe. of a clip positioned in said pipe and having outward spring tension, said clip having wings at its outer edges, said wings engaging the wall rof said`pipe to prevent oil from ascending through the pipe.

3. rIhe combination with an inlet pipe, of a spring actuated clip positioned in said pipe, the edge walls of the clip having a.

plurality of slits therein, portions 'of the slit parts being bent inwardly to form wings, said wings engaging the wall of the pipe to prevent thepassage of oil upwardly through the pipe. j

4. The combination with an oil receiving tube, of a-clip, said clip comprising parallel-l l ing arms, the edges of which are severed at intervals and parts of the severed portions being formed into wings, said wings eX- tending substantially at right anglesto the -the tube.

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